Plastics recycling startup MacroCycle announced a new deal with Meta on Tuesday that will help speed the development of its first commercial plant.
MacroCycle was a Top 20 finalist in the 2025 Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed that this is the first such deal the company has signed.
Payments for what are known as environmental attribute credits will provide MacroCycle with a revenue stream that can help support the construction of the new plant, which will be built in the U.S.
MacroCycle says its demonstration plant will be capable of producing 5,000 metric tons of recycled plastic per year.
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Plastics recycling startup MacroCycle announced a new deal with Meta on Tuesday that will help speed the development of its first commercial plant.
Three-year-old MacroCycle, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a novel way to process plastic waste that strips it of contaminants, making the resulting recycled material more attractive to customers. The startup says its technology generates 80% fewer carbon emissions than new, non-recycled virgin PET plastic. MacroCycle was a Top 20 finalist in the 2025 Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco.
Under the terms of the agreement, Meta will pay MacroCycle for the rights to those avoided emissions which is growing as a result of the AI boom. A Meta spokesperson confirmed that this is the first such deal the company has signed. MacroCycle gave TechCrunch an exclusive preview of the news.
Payments for what are known as environmental attribute credits will provide MacroCycle with a revenue stream that can help support the construction of the new plant, which will be built in the U.S.
Meta’s interest goes beyond the credits themselves. As that market grows, broader access to those materials should help lower the company’s overall carbon footprint.
MacroCycle says its demonstration plant will be capable of producing 5,000 metric tons of recycled plastic per year.
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